- palmar fasciitis and polyarthritis syndrome
- a syndrome of palmar fasciitis, which may be crippling, and polyarthritis in various parts of the body, seen most often as a paraneoplastic condition.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
palmar fasciitis and polyarthritis syndrome
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